Beautiful pergola. Have gotten many compliments since assembled. I am a maintenance technician so assembling this was easy for me but I would consider this to be a harder than average build. Definitely requires at least 2 people at times. More was helpful. Directions are very confusing. Need to look at pictures VERY carefully when assembling or you could easily get pieces in the wrong orientation and have to take it apart and put back together to make it work. All pieces were present and canopy slid well when assembled. A few negatives though. Plastic caps that cover the top of the corner supports fit VERY tightly and are constantly being pushed back out by the pressure. I may have to glue or caulk them down. A lot of parts were scratched so much so that there was no more paint left. Hoping it doesn't rust too quickly. Only time will tell. Overall good buy for the money. Most other pergolas this size were listed for at least 3 time the cost on this site.